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BRAUNCEWELL

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Medieval village settlement consisting of crofts, buildings and ridge and furrow seen as earthworks. The present manor house is post medieval possibly dating to 18th-19th century, replacing an earlier house. The village is scheduled (excluding the manor house and the church (see TF 05 SW 31)).

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[Area TF 047525] (3) Brauncewell is mentioned as early as 1086. In
1526 the living is associated with Dunsby [see TF 05 SW 3], but the
names are not joined in the bishop's register till an institution of
1667. Traces of village visible on air photographs (3). (1-3)

Extensive earthworks represent the site of this village.
Surveyed at 1:2500.

The present Manor House is 18c/19c, and the owner (without evidence)
states that the original Manor House was destroyed by fire c.1700 and
that the village was razed after a plague. (4)

The extant earthworks consist of collapsed rubble walls of maximum
height 0.5m and maximum width 0.8m, which cover some 17.0 acres and
are situated in flat pasture surrounded by undulating arable some
30.0m ASL. They represent trackways/field roads, steadings and field
boundaries. Rig and furrow is evident in an adjacent pasture field to
the south. St Joseph air photographs 2.6.69, 12, 17, 21, 22 and OS
air photographs 76, 137 162-63 cover this area but are not available
for inspection.

No change since report of 14.1.64 AM survey revised. (5)

Addition: plan. (6)

TF 046 523 - TF 048 527. Brauncewell deserted medieval village.
Scheduled no. LI/278. (7)

The Medieval village settlement described by authorities 1-5 was
visible as earthworks and mapped from good quality air photographs.
To the east of the manor house, centred at TF 0481 5256, are
embanked crofts, on average 70m by 25m, flanking a hollow way. The
foundations of at least 13 buildings, 5m by 5m, and 15m by 6m, were
identified. To the west of the manor house, centred at TF 0457 5236
are more embanked enclosures, surrounding the church, also
containing at least three buildings, 6m by 6m.
(Morph No. LI.867.8.1-16)

This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database.
(8)

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( 1) General reference

Lincolnshire Record Society 19 1924 xv lxxviii (C W Foster)

( 2) General reference

Beresford, M W, 1954. Lost Villages of England Page(s)307

( 3) Aerial photograph

RAF CPE/UK 2073 17-MAY-1947 4410 4411

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F1 JB 14-NOV-64

( 5) Field Investigators Comments

F2 RSC 02-JUL-77

( 6) General reference

Medieval Villages Research Group 27, 1979 Page(s)7-8

( 7) English Heritage 1995 County list of Scheduled Monuments : March 1994

Lincolnshire Page(s)11

( 8) General reference

Yvonne Boutwood/24-JUL-1996/RCHME: Lincolnshire NMP

( 9) Scheduled Monument Notification

29-SEP-1998

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